Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2022-07-11 16:17:28 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> Sorry if I'm being dense, but why do we have to duplicate the list of
>> files instead of having gen_node_support.pl just sort whatever list
>> the build system provides to it?
> Because right now there's two buildsystems already (look at
> Solution.pm). Looks like we'll briefly have three, then two again.
There are two things we need: (1) be sure that the build system knows
about all the files of interest, and (2) process them in the correct
order, which is *not* alphabetical. "Just sort" won't achieve either.
regards, tom lane